Studies in Entomogenous Fungi. T. Petch. 123 
Brit. Exsicc., Ed. 1, No. 534, C. E. Broome (two examples) ; 
and duplicates ex Herb. Cooke. Cooke’s specimens are generally 
poor; some are not localised or dated; others are marked, “near 
Penzance, 14 December, 1869,” “‘Penzance, Dec. 1869, C. E. 
Broome,” and ‘Cornwall, Jan. 1870, C. E. Broome,” respec- 
tively. 
factic cover of Myriangium Duriaet in Herb. B.M., there is 
an undated specimen, marked “‘near Ryde, Isle of Wight, 
A.B.” In addition to the Myriangium, this bears Microcera 
coccophila. 
A specimen, ex Herb. Cooke, under Mucrocera coccophila 
Desm. in Herb. Kew, is marked “ Atvactium coccigena B. and C., 
Cort. Persicae, Ludoviciana.’’ There is very little left of the 
fungus, but it is apparently Microcera coccophila. 1 am indebted 
to Mr Grove for the suggestion that the locality is Louisiana. 
Of the specimens cited by Ellis and Everhart in “North 
American Pyrenomycetes” as Sphaerostilbe coccophila Tul., that 
on Alnus serratula from Pennsylvania is, as already stated, 
Sphaerostilbe flammea, while Ravenel, Fungi Americani, No. 286 
is Sphaerostilbe aurantiicola. 
Microcera pluriseptata Cke. and Massee was described in 
Grevillea, XVII, p. 43, as occurring on Calocera and bark, in 
Mexico. The type specimen in Herb. Kew was originally en- 
dorsed by Berkeley “ Brazil, Cordova, Salle,’’ but Cooke crossed 
out Brazil and substituted Mexico. The fungus is on a scale 
insect, and the supposed Calocera consists of the almost effete 
synnemata, which are up to 2-5mm. high. The conidia are 
75-90 X 5-7 p, five- to seven-septate, but with somewhat obscure 
septa; they tend to collapse laterally. Perithecia occur on the 
scale insects and on the old synnemata; they are typical Sphaero- 
stilbe flammea, with ascospores 13-17 x 7, oval, pale yellow. 
Microcera pluriseptata Cke. and Massee is consequently a 
synonym of Microcera coccophila Desm. 
Fusarium coccinellum (Kalch.) Thuem., Fusisporium cocci- 
nellum Kalch., was described by Kalchbrenner in Fungi Austro- 
Africani, Flora, L1x (1876), p. 426, and issued by de Thiimen, 
Mycotheca Universalis, No. 782, the specimens being from the 
Cape of Good Hope. It is on a scale insect. In the specimens, 
Thuemen 782, in Herb. Kew and Herb. B.M., the synnemata 
are clavate, 1-25 mm. high, 0-25 mm. diameter below, expanding 
to 0-5 mm. diameter above, or shortly stalked, with flattened 
globose heads up to 0-75 mm. diameter, or sessile and pulvinate. 
The conidia are 74-80 x 5—6 p, almost straight, or straight with 
falcate tips, or slightly curved, obscurely septate, with up to 
nine septa. As noted by Kalchbrenner, the base of some of the 
sessile forms swells strongly in water. The specimens were 
